Masha’s part translation in this article, many thanks my friend Alyona!!!http://penza-sport.com/news/gymnastics/10552-2014
According to the results of the all around competition representative of Penza region Maria Titova took the forth place. “I have accomplished my task for 80%. Sometimes things go wrong. I am happy but not absolutely. My most important goal is to do everything clean. I usually have very stupid mistakes. Probably because of being not attentive enough. We work on it with my coach and psychologist. On the trainings everything goes smoothly and on the competitions sometimes things go wrong. Maybe because of me being too nervous.” – said the gymnast.

Good Luck to Masha in AA final and event finals! She ranked 6th in AA qualification…well not a good standing, but anyway this is just qualification. The most important is AA final today!http://www.temapenza.ru/news/sports/item/4947/

BTW, she qualified to Hoop, Ball and Ribbon finals. (clubs not qualified I think). Mamun and Kudryavtseva will not participate event finals.

Strongest team gymnasts perform at the Russian Championships – Viner Usmanovahttp://rsport.ru/rhythm_gym/20140418/743266835.html
MOSCOW, April 18 – R-Sport, Anna Manakova. Composition member of the Russian championship in rhythmic gymnastics in the individual program can be called in Penza strongest, said the agency “F-Sport” president of the Russian Gymnastics Federation (VFHG) and chief national coach Irina Viner -Usmanova .
Russian Championship will be held from April 23 to 26. Among the participants twice world champion Margarita Mamun and absolute world champion Yana Kudryavtseva .
“Yes, it is the strongest team in the championship of Russia, – said Viner Usmanova by phone. – The championship of Russia on that and the championship of Russia, that all compete.”

Coach added that, to a girl of reserve staff can qualify for a place in the national team, they need to “win against Kudryavtseva, Mamun and Titova . ”

Silver medalist Russia in 2013 in the all-around Elizabeth Nazarenkova can not compete at the national championship this season. “She broke a finger. Maybe she will perform one day, but so far,” – said Viner Usmanova.

Gymnast Merkulova hasn’t participated in any competitions since last October. But formally she is still a member of the National Team. “I am not sure about Merkulova. She had to report her weight to me every day, but as I see her weight remains the same. She is not in the form she should have been. She is a very talented gymnast and it’s a pity”, says Viner.

“Dasha has already started to train, but still gently , so it ignores these competitions . It is clear that the European Championships uniquely miss , because the girls have been so many stages of selection . Go calmly preparing for the World Cup “, – quotes Shumilov ” R-Sport . ”

Svatkovskaya missed the beginning of the season due to recovery after injury